Precedent

Southern Union Co.’s Trunkline Gas Co. has signed a precedent agreement with DCP Midstream LLC to provide long-term, firm transportation service for liquids-rich gas. DCP Midstream will be the anchor shipper on a modified portion of the Trunkline system in South Texas focusing on Eagle Ford Shale production.

Precedent agreements are in place to expand the Transco pipeline and provide 225,000 Dth/d of incremental firm natural gas transportation capacity over the next three years for growing markets in the Southeast, Williams Partners LP said Wednesday.

Spectra Energy Partners has signed a precedent agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for an expansion of its East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG) pipeline system to provide firm transportation service of up to 150 MMcf/d to TVA’s proposed 880 MW combined-cycle power plant in northeast Tennessee.

Spectra Energy Partners has signed a precedent agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for an expansion of its East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG) pipeline system to provide firm transportation service of up to 150 MMcf/d to TVA’s proposed 880 MW combined-cycle power plant in northeast Tennessee.

Cardinal Pipeline Co. LLC said it has executed precedent agreements to increase its firm capacity by 199,000 Dth/d. The pipeline will transport additional gas to serve markets served by Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. and Public Service Co. of North Carolina (PSNC) from an interconnect with Williams Partners LP’s Transco pipeline. The $39 million Cardinal System Expansion project is scheduled to enter service in July 2012 and has been designed to serve growth on Piedmont’s and PSNC Energy’s distribution systems, including an expansion on Piedmont’s system to serve Progress Energy Carolinas’ planned gas-fired power generation facility in Wayne County, NC. Cardinal Pipeline is a 105-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline from Rockingham County, NC, to a point southeast of Raleigh, NC, with a design capacity of approximately 279,000 Dth/d. The pipeline is a North Carolina limited liability company whose members are wholly owned subsidiaries of Williams Partners, PSNC Energy and Piedmont.

Cardinal Pipeline Co. LLC said it has executed precedent agreements to increase its firm capacity by 199,000 Dth/d. The pipeline will transport additional gas to serve markets served by Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. and Public Service Co. of North Carolina (PSNC) from an interconnect with Williams Partners LP’s Transco pipeline. The $39 million Cardinal System Expansion project is scheduled to enter service in July 2012 and has been designed to serve growth on Piedmont’s and PSNC Energy’s distribution systems, including an expansion on Piedmont’s system to serve Progress Energy Carolinas’ planned gas-fired power generation facility in Wayne County, NC. Cardinal Pipeline is a 105-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline from Rockingham County, NC, to a point southeast of Raleigh, NC, with a design capacity of approximately 279,000 Dth/d. The pipeline is a North Carolina limited liability company whose members are wholly owned subsidiaries of Williams Partners, PSNC Energy and Piedmont.

A unit of Williams Cos. Inc. said Friday it has executed precedent agreements for a proposed Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) expansion to provide an additional 142,000 Dth of incremental firm natural gas transportation capacity to serve growing markets in the Mid-Atlantic region by November 2012.

A unit of Williams Cos. Inc. said Friday it has executed precedent agreements for a proposed Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) expansion to provide an additional 142,000 Dth of incremental firm natural gas transportation capacity to serve growing markets in the Mid-Atlantic region by November 2012.

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Consolidated Edison and Statoil Natural Gas have stepped up with binding precedent agreements for capacity on an expansion of Spectra Energy Corp.’s Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission systems to deliver gas to the New Jersey and New York area. The commitments are enough for the company to proceed with the project, Spectra said.